Sorry everyone, Let me be a little more clear here. I don't want to ping another computer to see if its online, or the lag or whatever, I want to ping one of the many blog servers that keep track of when blogs have been updated. When I ping the server, it lets it know that I updated my blog, and it then posts the updated information on its server. Have a look at http://pingomatic.com/about/ for more information about the pinging that I'm talking about. Chris Christian Anderson クリスチャン アンダーソン :: http://www.ckapublishing.com :: MSN / Webcam : platesonyourass at hotmail.com